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DATING AND NUMBERING DEVICE.

No. 541,247. Patented June 18,1895.

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DATING AND NUMBERING DEVIGE.

,No. 541,247. Patented June 18,1895.

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TVILLIAM MURPHY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTERCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

DATING AND NUMBERlNG DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,247, dated June 18,1895.

Application filed April 20, 1895. Serial No. 546,455- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.- der; Fig. 6, a longitudinal section on theline Be it known that I, WILLIAM MURPHY, a 5 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7, a viewcorresponding to citizen of the United States, residing at Day- Fig.1with a modified arrangement of the reton,in the countyof Montgomery,inthe State setting means for the numheringwheels; Fig. 5 5 of Ohio,haveinvented a certain newand use- 8, a view corresponding to Fig. 5,showing the fol Improvementin Dating and Oonsecutivemodified arrangementof parts in Fig. 7; Fig. Numbering Devices for Cash-Registers and 9, adetail side elevation of one of the numother Machines, of which thefollowing is the boring-wheels, showing its pawl which co-opdescription,reference being had to the accrates with the notch in the shaft at there- 1o companying drawings, forming part of this setting operation;Fig.10, a plan view and specification. cross-section of the shaft uponwhich the nu m- My invention relates more particularly to boring anddating wheels are mounted, and dating and numbering devices such asthose Fig. 11 a sample of a check printed by acashshown and described inPatent No. 483,511, register equipped with this numbering and t5 toCook, and there shown applied to a cash dating device.

register and indicator, and operating to date The same letters ofreference are used to and consecutively number the checks printedindicate identical parts in all the figures. by and issued from themachine. Similar A represents a hollow cylinder having its dating andnumbering devices applied to opposite ends closed byheadsB O. The head20 similar machines have been shown and de- B has formed upon it ajournal D, Fig. 2, by scribed in subsequent patents. which the left-handend of the cylinder is My present invention consists in the comsupportedin its bearings, while the opposite biuation with such dating andnumbering dchead of the cylinder has projecting from it a vices of anovel means for resetting the numjournal E having fitted over it a gearT se- 25 bering wheels to zero and adjusting the datcured to and hearingagainst the head 0, by ing wheels to print different dates. Inaswhichand suitable intermediate gears, not much as the dating and numberingdevices shown, the cylinder is geared to the driving may be employed forother purposes and in shaft by which it is rotated. At one side theconnection with other machines than the shell of the cylinder is cutaway or provided 3o ones heretofore referred to, and inasmuch as with alongitudinal opening extendingits full myinvention may be readilyunderstood withlength, under which opening within the cyloutillustration and description of the cash inder, upon a shaft Grjournaled at its opporegister or other machine, my drawings and siteends in the heads of the cylinder, are specification will be confined toan illnstramounted the numbering and dating wheels, 5 tion anddescription of the numbering and whose peripheries, owing to the size ofthe dating devices alone, with my invention apwheels and theirarrangement eccentrically plied to them. within the cylinder, projectthrough the open- In said drawings, Figure l is a perspective ing abovereferred to, into position to coview of the rotary cylinder containingthe operate with a suitable impression roller to 4o numbering and datingwheels and provided effect the printing of their numbers and with theattachment for resetting and adjustcharacters upon a paper strip passedbetween ing such wheels; Fig. 2, a View of the leftthem and such roller.hand end of the cylinder shown in Fig.1; The consecutive numberingwheels H, as Fig. 3, a corresponding view with the head of seen in Fig.5, are mounted upon the left- 5 45 the cylinder removed to expose theparts withhand end of the shaft Gin the left hand end in the cylinder;Fig. i, a View of the fixed of the cylinder, while the dating wheels areplate containing the cam-groove by which the mounted upon the right handportion of the pawl-carrier of the consccutive-numbering shaft, in theright hand end of the cylinder. wheels is actuated in the rotations ofthe cyl- The dating wheels consist of a month wheel I00 0 inder; Fig. 5,a plan view of the wheels and I, bearing type letters representingabbreco-operating devices removed from the cylinviations of the names ofthe twelve months,

and two day wheels I I of which the wheel 1 may be said to be the unitswheel and the wheel I the tens wheel. The wheel I bears 'type numbersrepresenting the nine digits,

secured upon its left hand side a ratchet wheel J, with which ratchetsco-operates the four-toothed pawl K pivoted to a pawl-carrier L hungupon the left-hand end of'the shaft G,

Fig. 3. A suitable spring presses the pawl K toward the ratchets J. Asis common in devices of this character each ratchet, except that of thefourth orlefthand wheel, has one notch of greater depth than the others,and these deep notches of the respective ratchets also vary in depth,increasing from that in the ratchet of the second wheel from the left tothat in the ratchet upon the right hand one, the latter being thedeepestof the three. The four teeth of the pawl K also vary in lengthand position, as shown, with the result that at each vibration of thepawl-carrier the primary or right hand wheel of the set will be advancedone number and when it has completed one revolution its deep notch willbe brought beneath the cooperating finger of the pawl K, so that at thenext actuation of the pawl its second tooth will be permitted to engagethe ratchet of the second wheel and advance the latter one number, andwhen the second wheel has been turned a complete revolution by tenrevolutions of the first wheel the second tooth of the pawl will dropinto the deep notch of the ratchet of the second wheel and the thirdtooth of the pawl be thus permitted to engage the ratchet of the thirdwheel. WVhen the third wheel has been turned acomplete revolution thefourth tooth of the pawl will be permitted to engage the ratchet of thefourth wheel to advance the latter one number; so that at eachrevolution of each wheel the next higher wheel in the set will beadvanced one number, as is common. The pawl-carrier L has pivoted to itone end of a link M, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, which link has itsopposite end provided with the stud N projecting through a slot in thecylinder head B, Fig. 2. The outer end of this stud fits in acam groove0 in a fixed plate P, Fig. 4, secured in position adjacent the cylinderhead B. At each rotation of the cylinder the travel of the stud N in thecam groove 0 will cause the stud to be reciprocated back and forth inits slot in the cylinder-head and the pawl-carrier and pawl vibrated toactuate the numbering wheels H in the manner above described.

In addition to the printing of-the numbers and dates, the cylinder A mayhave secured upon its periphery electrotypes for printing any desiredmatter, such as the business card of theestablishment in whichthe'device is used, so that a printed check such as that shown in Fig.11, for instance, may be produced.

The numbering and dating devices above described are substantially thesame as those shown in the Cook and subsequent patents heretoforereferred to, and my invention consists in the novel application of meansfor returning the numbering wheels to zero and settingthedatingwheels.Extendingthrough the tubular journal E at the right hand end of thecylinder is a shaft Q which has fast upon its extreme lef -hand end agear wheel R which meshes with a gear wheel S fast upon the shaft G uponwhich the dating and numberingwheels are mounted. Surrounding the shaftQ is a sleeve T upon whose extreme left hand is secured a gear wheel Uwhich meshes with a gear wheel fast upon the side of the month wheel Iof the dating wheels. Surrounding the sleeve T is a sleeve V having fastupon its left-hand end a gear wheel 7 meshing with a gear wheel fastupon the side of the dating wheel I, while surrounding the sleeve V is athird sleeve X having fast upon its left-hand end a gear Y meshing witha gear upon the dating wheel 1' This outer sleeve X is supported and hasits bearing in the opposite ends or heads of the tubular or hollowjournal E before described, and this sleeve constitutes the support andbearing for the sleeves and shaft within it. The shaft Q and therespective sleeves have secured upon their right hand ends thumb-piecesZ, Z, Z and Z by which the shaft and sleeves may be turned. Thesethumb-pieces are pro vided with suitable numbers and characters whichco-operate with some suitable indicating point, such as the pin aprojecting from the end of the journal E, Fig. 1, by which the positionof the numbering and dating wheels may be indicated by the position ofthe thumb-pieces, so that when the thumb-piece Z, for instance, isturned until the letters indicating a given month are brought to suchindicating position it will be known that the month printing wheel I hasbeen turned in the cylinder to bring the type-letters representing suchmonth to printing position; and in the same manner by turning thethumbpieces Z and Z the printing wheels I and 1 may be set to print anydesired day of the month.

When the thumb-piece Z is turned a complete revolution theshaft G uponwhich the numbering and dating wheels are mounted will be turned acomplete revolution. This will not affect the dating wheels, since theyare free to turn, or permit the shaft to turn, independently in eitherdirection, but there are interposed between the numbering wheels H andthe shaft G suitable devices for causing the shaft to pick up the wheelswhen it is turned in one direction and carry them to zero or initialposition. To this end the left hand end of the shaft, upon which saidnumbering-wheels are mounted, is provided with a longitudinal groove, asseen in Figs. 9 and 10, while each numbering wheel 11 has pivoted to itsside a pawl A spring-pressed against the shaft and co-operating with thenotch therein. When the shaft is turned in the direction of the arrow inFig. 9 each wheel II will be picked up by it as its notch comes underthe pawl of said wheel, so that by a complete revolution of the shaftall the wheels will be returned to initial position.

The numbering wheels H are yieldingly held in the positions to whichthey are moved by their actuating pawl, and accidental displacement ofthem prevented, by means of spring-pressed holding-pawls A engaging theratchets J of the wheels, Fig. 3, while the dating wheels are held fromaccidental displacement by spring-fingers projecting from and formed ofa sheet metal plate A secured to the surface of the cylinder A at thelower edge of the opening therein, said fingers extending down besidethe wheels and bearing against the gears upon the sides of the wheels,Fig. 7.

In the manner and by the means above described the consecutive numberingwheels may be readily reset to initial position by turning thethumb-piece Z, while by turning the thumb-pieces Z, Z ,and Z the datewheels may be set to print any date desired.

In Figs. 7 and 8 a modified arrangement of the parts is shown, in whichthe right hand end of the shaft Gr is extended through the right handend of the cylinder and through the journal E and has fast upon it athumbpiece B by which it may be turned to reset the wheels. The devicesfor setting the dating wheels remain substantially the same as in theconstruction first described, as seen in Fig. 8. In said Fig. 8 thedifferent months are, in the present instance, indicated upon thethumb-piece Z by numbers, instead of p by abbreviations of their names,as may be done in Figs. 1 and 5 if desired.

Having thus fully described myinvention, I claiml. In a numbering anddating device, the combination of a rotary cylinder, a shafteccentrically mounted therein, a series of consecutive-numbering wheelsmounted upon said shaft and projecting through an opening in thecylinder, means for actuating said wheels at the rotations of thecylinder, means intermediate said wheels and the shaft for causing thelatter to reset the wheels when turned in one direction, a series ofdating wheels mounted upon the same shaft beside the numbering wheels,and means for independently turning the shaft and dating wheels to resetthe numbering wheels and adjust the dating wheels, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a numbering and dating device, the combination of a rotarycylinder, a shaft eccentrically mounted therein, a series ofconsecutive-numbering wheels mounted upon said shaft and projectingthrough an opening in the cylinder, means for actuating said wheels atthe rotations of the cylinder, means intermediate said wheels and theshaft for causing the latter to reset the wheels when turned in onedirection, a series of dating wheels mounted upon the same shaft besidethe numbering wheels, means for turning the shaft to reset the numberingwheels, a series of concentric sleeves mounted in one end of thecylinder, their inner ends being geared to the respective dating wheelsand their outer ends projecting outside the cylinder, and a series ofthumb-pieces upon the outer ends of said sleeves, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

3. In a numbering and dating device, the combination of a rotarycylinder, a shaft eccentrically mounted therein, a series ofconsecutive-numbering wheels mounted upon said shaft and projectingthrough an opening in the cylinder, means for actuating said wheels atthe rotations of the cylinder, means intermediate said wheels and theshaft for causing the latter to reset the wheels when turned in onedirection, a series of dating wheels mounted upon the same shaft besidethe numbering wheels, a shaft and a series of concentric sleevessurrounding the same, journaled in one end of the cylinder, the innerend of the shaft being geared to the shaft upon which the numbering anddating wheels are mounted and the inner ends of the concentric sleevesbeing geared to the respective dating wheels, and the outer ends of theshaft and sleeves projecting outward through the end of the cylinder,and a series of thumbpieces secured upon the outer ends of the shaft andsleeves for turning the same, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

4. In a dating and numbering device, the combination of the cylinder Ahaving the enlarged journal E at one end, the shaft G eccentricallymounted in the cylinder, the numbering and dating wheels arranged uponsaid shaft, means for actuating the numbering wheels at the rotations ofthe cylinder, and means intermediate said wheels and the shaft forcausing the shaft to reset the wheels when turned in one direction, theshaft Qand concentric sleeves T V X extending through and mounted in thejournal E of the cylinder, the inner end of the shaft Q being geared tothe shaft Gr and the inner ends of the sleeves being geared to therespective dating wheels, and the thumb-pieces fast upon the outer endsof the shaft and sleeves for turning them to reset the numbering wheelsand adjust the dating wheels, substantially as described.

5. In a numbering and dating device, the combination of the rotarycylinder A, the shaft G concentrically mounted therein, the numberingwheels H and the dating wheels located upon said shaft, the pawl-carrierL hung upon said shaft beside the numbering wheels, the pawls K carriedthereby and cooperating with the ratchets of the wheels, the link Mconnected at one end to the pawl-carrier and provided at its other withthe stud N turning the shaft G and the dating wheels, projecting throughthe slot in the cylinder substa-ntiallyas and forthepurposedescribedhead, the plate P containing the cam groove O co-operating with the studN, means inter- WILLIAM MURPHY. 5 mediate the shaft G and wheels H forcausing Witnesses:

the shaft to reset the wheels when it is turned ALVAN MAOAULEY,

in one direction, and means for independently J. GILMORE FLETCHER.

